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| From | Marty Rudnick <mrudnick@marturo.com> |
| Subject | Re: What makes a release an EP? |
| Date | Wed, 17 Dec 2003 17:43:33 -0500 (EST) |
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When I was young, an EP was simply like a 7" 45, except there were 2 songs per side. What was cool was they usually had miniature album covers.
Which makes me think how much I MISS album covers. CD graphics just don't have the same intangible, indescribable specialness.
Marty
---- audities@smoe.org wrote:
> My definition of an EP would be an album that has 9 or less songs and is
> under 30 minutes. A band that cranks out songs Ramones-style (The
> Strokes/Chixdiggit/...) would have to put 10 songs on a disc for it to
> qualify as an LP - even if the end result is under 30 minutes. Conversely,
> Pink Floyd type bands can have one song per side and it would be an album.
>
> Here's an idea...quit giving Mike a hard time and just vote for who you want
> to. If you think something is in a "gray area", list an alternate (a little
> trick to vote for more than 20). If you know something isn't eligible, list
> it after your Top 20 - "Best EPs of the Year", "Best albums that I
> discovered in 2003", "Best Compilation", "Best Greatest Hits Packages" ...I
> believe after this voting is done Mark(?) picks up the "Best Singles of the
> Year" voting, so no need to list them yet...unless you're compelled to -
> Then by all means let us know your favorite tracks. I know that in the past
> some things got enough votes that Mike listed where a gray area ineligible
> album *would've* placed.
>
> I'm holding back my list while I try to catch up on my "To Listen To" pile,
> but I'm looking forward to seeing some lists that might influence my
> listening priority and voting. For now, Grandaddy "Sum Day" is my fav of
> the year.
>
> Dan FrankE
>
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